A Psychoanalytic Informed Approach to the Management of Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders in the Navy Operational Setting

Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst currently serving in the United States Navy Medical Corps. In over 27 years as a commissioned naval officer and physician, Dr. Van Slyke has served in numerous operational and hospital staff clinical and leadership positions. From 2004 to 2010 he was a Navy Medicine East Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team (SPRINT) member and served on numerous missions including Hurricane Ivan Relief Operations to NAS Pensacola, FL in September of 2004 and Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations to New Orleans, LA in September of 2005. As the Fleet Surgical Team Six Psychiatrist, he deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) onboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) providing care for 5,000 BATARG Sailors and Marines in support of Fleet Operations in the Mediterranean and Middle East Regions. Dr. Van Slyke currently serves as Force Psychiatrist, Commander Naval Information Forces, Suffolk, VA; staff psychiatrist and residency faculty member at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA; and as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.